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By taking his position from the stars, a navigator can find his bearings. (1) Can a navigator find his bearings from the stars? Can a pilot find his bearings from the stars? Can you find your bearings from the stars? Who can find his bearings from the stars? Who can find his bearings from the use of navaids? (2) Does a map help you find your bearings when you are lost? Name different ways in which a pilot could find his bearings.

Is VOR (3) a navaid? Is VOR located on the ground? Is VOR also on the flight deck? Where is VOR? Does a pilot use VOR in order to navigate? Can he get his bearings with VOR? Why does I pilot use VOR ?

Is DME (4) a navaid? Is DME short for Distance Measuring Equipment? Can a pilot navigate with DME? Can he find his bearings with DME? Is DME a piece of electronic equipment? Is DME on very high frequency? UHF? In air traffic control? Where is DME? What does DME stand for?

Is static (5) a noise on the radio? Can you hear a radio programme if there is much static? Does static interfere (6) with the radio programme? Is static a pleasant noise? Do you like listening to static? Why don't you like listening to static? Does static interfere with VOR? DME? Why doesn't it interfere with VOR/DME? Can interference come from another station? Do you like listening to the radio with interference? Static? How do you like listening to the radio?

Are nautical miles (7) used in navigation? Do navigators measure distances in nautical miles? Do pilots measure distances in nautical miles? You? How do you measure distances? Pilots? Navigators?

Are radials (8) lines on a pilot's map? Do radials extend from VOR stations? Are radials on a road map? On what sort of map are radials? From where do radials extend?

Is an interrogator (9) a piece of electronic equipment? Is an interrogator on the flight deck? At an air traftic control centre? Where is an interrogator?

Is a transponder (10) also a piece of electronic equipment? On the ground? At a DME station? At a railway station? At what station is a transponder? What sort of equipment is a transponder?

The time by my watch is 0300 hours. What is the time by your watch? Is the reading (11) of your watch the same as mine? Is the reading of the pilot's altimeter the same as the air traffic controller's? What is the reading of this thermostat? Have you checked the reading on the thermostat? Can the pilot check the reading on his altimeter? Can the flight attendant check the reading on the altimeter? Who checks the reading on the altimeter?